Wagon-body corner



(No Model.)

H. S. FAIRBANKS.

WAGON BODY CORNER.

No. 410,508. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

[WEB 2'02? .71 Zlormgy UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE S. FAIRBANKS, OF RACINE, VISCONSIN.

WAGON-BODY CORNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 410,508, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed May 29, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE S. FAIRBANKS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of \Visconsin, ham invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVagon-Body Corners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a top view of the corner. Fig. at is a detail, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the corner.

This invention relates to certain improvemcntsin cornerirons or j ointsfor wagon bodies and boxes; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts, as will fully appear from the following description and accompanying illustrations.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a casting or metallic corner-piece A, of which four are applied to a vehicle-body, one at each corner. This corner-piece or casting is rounded or convex upon the outside and has its vertical side edges presented to and abutting against the ends of the panels a of the body A. The casting or corner-piece A has bolted or firmly secured to its inner side a vertical cleat or bar I), which is beveled or chamfered to fit in the corner between connecting-panels. The casting or corner-piece A may be concave or curved upon the inner side, or it may be straight or plain, it, however, always being round or convex on the outside. Upon the upper edges of the panels may be applied or fastened re-enforcing-plates c 0, adjacent to and abutting against the castings or corner-pieces. The side edges of the casting A, when its inner side constitutes the chord of an arc, stand at an acute angle to the side edges of the cleat l). \Vhen the inner surface of the casting is curved or concave or less than a complete chord of the are, its side edges stand at right angles to the side edges of the cleat or post. Consequently the side edges of Serial No. 312,651. (No model.)

the panels will be accordingly square or beveled.

The cleat Z1 is secured to the bottom frame of the body by a stout iron bracket (Z, bolted to the said cleat and at its lower end to said frame. The upper end of the bracket (1 has an eye (1', and with this eye engages the beak of a lever hook or latch 6, whose fulcrum is a pivot-bolt e, passing through a plate fand the upper framing, and also through the panel of one side of the body. This plate f is bolted or screwed to said framing and prevents the marring or mutilation of the Wooden parts, which would otherwise be exposed to the action of the lever hook or latch as it is manipulated. The plate f is an extension or offset of the upper end of an iron post g, the lower end of which rests upon the bottom frame of the body, and has also an offset or plate 9 upon the side opposite to that having the upper offset or plate f. This offset or, plate 9 is bolted to the end-gate a and received in a recess or gain in the side edge of the bottom frame, while its extreme lower end has an eye it, which engages a pintle h,whose shank or plate portion is screwed or fastened to the under side of the bottom frame. The endgate,i t will be seen,is thus furnished with hookand-hinge connection to the bottom and top framing.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The wagon body or box and corner iron or piece having a rounded or convex outer surface and connected to a cleat or post adapted to be fitted at the corner-joint of the body or box, substantially as set forth.

2. The corner piece or iron having a rounded or convex outer surface and an inner curved or concave surface and its securing-cleat, substantially as set forth.

The corner piece or iron having an outer rounded or convex surface and an inner concave surface and the post or cleat having one side edge beveled or chamfered and the opposite side edge rabbeted, substantially set forth.

4. The combination, with the corner-piece, the cndgate, and panel of the vehicle-body,

of the bracket secured to the cleat of the said corner-piece and having at each end an offset or plate, one plate or offset entering a recess or gain in the edge of the bottom frame and having a hinge-connection with said frame, the offset or plate at the other end of the bracket having a hook-and-eye connection with the end-gate, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the corner piece or iron having" an outer rounded or convex surface, the post or cleat having one side edge beveled and the opposite side edge rabbeted, and the square or bevel ended panels fitting the cleat or post, oneof said panels entering the rabbet of said post or cleat and the corner iron or piece, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

H. S. FAIRBANKS. Vitnesses:

CHAs. BURKERT, GEo. BURKERT. 

